2 Million Brazilians Call for Impeachment of Leftist Leader

Mass anti-government protests erupted across major cities in Brazil on Sunday.
2 Million Brazilians Call for Impeachment of Leftist Leader
Demonstrators march to demand the impeachment of Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sunday, March 15, 2015. Brazilians are demonstrating amid an inquiry into a kickback scheme at state-run oil company Petrobras, which prosecutors call the biggest corruption case yet uncovered in Brazil. AP Photo/Nelson Antoine
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Mass anti-government protests erupted throughout Brazil on Sunday with estimates of at least 2 million people joining protests in over 50 cities across the country.

The Facebook event saw 117,000 people sign up to attend but over a million showed up in São Paulo alone, wearing blue, yellow, and green clothes and face paint, waving Brazil’s national flags.

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